in its history pentagon chiefs admit it will take weeks to assess the damage to u.s. led operations in afghanistan after the revelations and those revelations include the killing of innocent civilians can each account has been hearing from soldiers involved in the last major weak links exposé which struck at civilians not insurgents. something that any military tries to keep under wraps civilians killed during an operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet a secret video of american soldiers opening with looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were reported dant including two reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investigated in the u.s. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own rules of engagement so while the us military is ok

with causing some collateral damage it's when civilians die in the course of action a number of soldiers who were involved in those killings now speak out and say this shouldn't be a norm of warfare you can see in the ethan mccord a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience he went as far as to say soldiers in his unit were ordered to kill civilians in certain circumstances mccord said the message they got from their commander was if someone in your line gets hit with an improvised explosive device three sixty rotational fire you kill everyone on the street. josh the bers served in the same unit as ethan mccord he refused to talk about the order because of as he said the threats and warnings that he'd received from his former army fellows but the secret video of how the coptic killings seemed nothing unusual to him from

our experiences what was shown in that video was no uncommon and happened on a fairly regular basis josh says the training they'd gone through did not ingrate much sensitivity either he remembers one of the songs soldiers were made to sing more intense on goes on as i went down to the market where all the children were all women shop where i was shabby and i began to chop josh and a group of other former soldiers are now touring the us and telling people of their experiences and their regret for me it was when i was finally able to kind of put myself in the in the shoes of of other people. and really start to imagine how i'd feel if people were durance me when i was the other people on a regular basis of storerooms in people's homes sometimes in the middle of raising

kids and and children's faces. some blame the type of war the us was finding for the psychological trauma so many american soldiers are now going through it was a very disorienting and destabilizing condition of warfare for most american soldiers to try to separate the but nine populace from the insurgents who wanted to kill them that were absolutely indistinguishable from regular civilians. seven roger. ethan mccord and josh the bush signed a letter of apology to the mother of the children hurt during the operation and pledged to change from the inside out again is chick on our team washington d.c. . well america's military chiefs are bracing themselves for more to come the wiki leaks website is promising further revelations are on the way the online

whistleblower checking into reports dealing with american conduct in iraq it's thought they could expose similar findings to the thousands of documents already posted on the web clue details are civilian casualties at the hands of u.s. and allied troops as well as concerns that pakistani intelligence have been helping the taliban insurgency the white house described the release as a breach of federal law and a threat to american military personnel filmmaker danny schechter says there's a video game being played out here. they wanted impact they didn't want this to be buried marginalized sidelined and treated as just some sort of internet phenomenon by going to major newspapers in the world that gave legitimacy to this story it also made it a global story unlike the pentagon papers which was covered by the new york times and the washington post this was covered in england by the guardian it was cut we can share many and of course it's been covered by media worldwide we know the truth

is the first casualty in war it always is and that the united states government has a big apparatus in a sense to manage and muzzle the news and information to try to. kind of engineer perception of the public and so of course they tend to emphasize the positive they downplay the negative many journalists have been frustrated by the lack of access to the facts and to the pentagon there's a lot of you know this is a trust in the media of the pentagon and the pentagon's motives and the founder of wiki leaks told a german magazine der spiegel that he likes to crush bastards that's motive and of course in their view the truth here is that this war is not only unwinnable but it's been savaged it's taken a many many innocent lives and that's what they're really trying to show with this . and in a few minutes the authorities in russia who are almost literally on

a witch hunt. the law is aimed at ads and articles printed in magazines like this one which is called oracle and it is literally chock full of people who claim that they can heal or tell the future using these and mystical abilities we report on how russia is predicting the end of the line for fake fortune tellers. while the public face of b.p.'s oil disaster management is to quit tony hayward is being replaced by one of the american executives bob dudley however the beleaguered boss is expected to resurface in a new role that b.p.'s joint venture with a russian all firm which is where dudley used to be now to discuss b.p.'s and musical chairs is chris we for there's an oil analyst with one of the largest russian investment firms doubts about he joins us now live from london so let's just first talk about which replacement bob dudley he spent years working in russia and had to leave because of the corporate scandal of the venture why do you think

b.p. has chosen him to take the lead. well you use the right person for the job right now for b.p. clearly the situation to b.p. is in demand a change at the top it's quite obvious to b.p. is not going to be able to address the problems in the united states with tony hayward still in charge saw to that extent changing hayward was no choice. of course a lot to be made for fact to these american and knows that region well but also you know the fact that he was the chief executive of b.p. during a very contentious period of that company's history in two thousand and eight a lot of people say you know he behaved badly in that period he was very calm he didn't make the situation worse and that he would like means that he has the right credentials perhaps to take on this challenge for b.p. particularly in the united states now with tony hayward carrying the can for one of

the world's worst environmental disasters how is that kind of track record going to go down if he takes a board position in russia is all industry. well you know i think a lot of people understand to to a large extent here were it was just the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time yes certain he could be criticized perhaps for not having done enough to improve safety record and safety management while you were in charge but you know the whole circumstance what happened in the gulf was wholly unusual in the industry and very difficult to see how anybody might have managed this you know significantly better so that if you stand i don't think he's coming to russia you like as a weak. weak person like he has for many hours he would rush people in government and in the peace partners in russia they know hayward fairly well and i think in that sense they'll be satisfied of his but he's appointment now the gulf of mexico oil spill has dealt a huge blow to p.p.

which posted a seventeen billion dollar loss today. eighteen years what is the company's survival plan now do you think i'm sorry i'm just going to ask you a question again evidently your pieces falling out but. no problem the gulf of mexico oil spill has dealt huge blow to b.p. you've posted a seventeen billion dollar loss today its first in eighteen years what do you what do you think is the company's a survival plan now. well you know obviously you have if you like to some extent stabilize the situation for now. you know with the cap the well and it's not surprising that we now see these changes taking place and b.p. because they're well it's been kept until their well was actually kept it was very little b.p. could actually do to defend itself or make changes now they're moving into a different or more survival board where but there are huge question marks still very much hanging over b.p.

you know they have set aside a considerable amount of money to deal with these costs but we know the united states is an extremely litigious place and nobody really has any idea of the total extent of liabilities that b.p. may have to face so it's still a very speculative situation but at least for now the company has stabilized itself all right chris we all analyst with which is one of russia's largest investment firms live from london thank you. well russia's foreign ministry has criticized the latest e.u. sanctions against iran as unacceptable and that they fall outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions moscow says such unilateral actions undermine collective efforts to find a solution to the iranian nuclear issue now on monday the european union adopted tougher sanctions are going to iran's energy sector in an effort to block its nuclear program they include a ban on the sale of equipment and technology iran has long been suspected of

trying to develop nuclear weapons which it continues to deny the new measures came into force rather they come into force in the next few weeks and coincide with kind of his decision to also impose restrictions but some analysts think these additional sanctions have more to do with scoring points with the united states. now which adopting new sanctions against iran in addition to the package approved by the u.n. security council is not a political gesture on behalf of the e.u. . you're in canada and it's aimed at washington but it's important to see that the latest you have some shines a harsher and more comprehensive than the previous rounds and if they're fully implemented they're likely to have the desired effect it's worth saying here that foreign companies including the european firms frequently find ways and loopholes to bypass restrictions and channel investment and technology is. therefore our key objective is to make sure that all of you and member states it here to its

decisions. israel's defense minister is visiting washington to talk to u.s. officials about iran's nuclear program america and israel are united in their drive to halt terrans atomic ambitions and they both support tougher international sanctions u.s. economic norman finkelstein says washington's harsh rhetoric indicates that all talk of change was short lived. there was an offer made in october two thousand and nine by the us administration to iran and how to resolve the nuclear issue around the time rejected or for several reasons mostly because it didn't trust the main powers who were involved but now barack obama is refusing to take yes for and then so. and so there is no real difference between the so-called diplomatic approach of barack obama and the.

militaristic approach as it's sometimes claimed or belligerent approach of the bush administration. and our full interview with norman finkelstein is coming up in around fifteen minutes time right here on r.t. . and the global recession is forcing charities in latvia to step in and provide basic provisions for the struggling population it's a far cry from the initial optimism that gripped the country when it joined the european union six years ago but as artie's tom barton reports modern day latvia is now a place of raging unemployment and international handouts diana gives out food to people in need for months she's made sure families can get a square meal but this isn't a developing country it's the modern economy of latvia and recently joined the. when we brought the first food bags to those families many parents wept there could

have never foreseen a crisis of this magnitude they had jobs they were well to do and respected and all of a sudden they find themselves in a situation where they have to plead for help to feed their children latvia speculated aggressively on international markets leaving this so-called baltic tiger vulnerable when the crisis hit those with loans and mortgages were suddenly seriously short of money. if brussels sneezed we in latvia already had a bad case of angina. a very small and very open economy felt the world's problems more painfully than the others and we were experiencing our own mistakes much more painfully to last years unemployment soared to over twenty percent middle class families with houses and cars couldn't afford to put food on the table and almost eight percent of the population registered below the poverty line disappear to go we could never imagine if giving food to people in this country would ever be

needed the situation showed that it is needed so we decided to start it the food bank relies on donations of money and food to supplement the diets of hard up families the charity raise half a million dollars in two thousand and nine money vitally needed as the government is failing to support those in need. it all came too soon and created a sort of traffic jam the social services were not prepared for an influx of people who needed aid or at one. unable to rely on their leaders latvians have dipped into their own pockets and cupboards to help each other out and it's not always the rich who give the most will be the donors are often not the richest sort of people more often than not we notice their women with children and quite often it's children who say let's leave some charity money here in this food part we've got to end pork and fish we've got some sugar we've got condensed milk got flour

we've got stock pastor cooking oil and much more but it's this food that shows how deep the financial crisis has cut in love here until the families affected get more work this food will only be a temporary comfort not a cure tom barton r.t. . coming up next hour max kaiser takes a swipe at the reasons behind america's growing unemployment. ok shift all their jobs overseas they have no jobs left therefore they have no savings no capital and again at capitalism without capital that's why it's kind of debasing integrating into a kind of. fascist slash pop consumer state. you are watching us here live from moscow it's good to have your company today and in

just a few minutes charlotte will be hit with all the latest business news for the meantime though people have always been fascinated by fortune tellers it's been going on for centuries unfortunately there are also plenty of self-styled psychics ready to turn people's curiosity into cash but russian authorities definitely know what the future holds and that being a clump down on fakes sean thomas reports. the allure of the unknown and of the showcasing of psychic abilities have become big business in russia while simple entertainment for some others turned to these self-proclaimed mystics for healing and the promise of answers to the problems of everyday life just did not serve national seem hopeless lad six years ago trouble came to our family through my son was lured into a relationship by a woman who use some witchcraft as a mother i couldn't help seeing that his health was impaired and was getting worse but his mind was suppressed he changed completely yes she put her trust in

a psychic who claimed to have a special insight into the situation but as time passed it became clear that all the psychic was after was more of lewis's money but isn't that is that a good there's a black they'd her about six hundred thousand rubles a year for three years but that's not because we're rich but for the sake of your child's health you do anything sell possessions take loans anything experts say the nature of this industry provides a prime opportunity for people to take advantage of those desperate for a belief system. in some ways i say manic things in the worst meaning of this word are all too close to a hoax but people want to keep believing so they trust them and when they finally turn for help to real doctors they find out it's too late too hard and that a patient is in need of critical measures now there is a movement in the state duma to protect people like lorissa from being conned mausam didn't predicting advertisement for services which are not backed by

professional commercial experience we believe these people practice tax evasion and swindling moreover their deceiving potential consumers with these are called service rules the law is a at ads an article printed in magazines like this one which is called oracle and it is all literally chock full of people who claim that they can heal or tell the future using it viz of mystical abilities but those who are actually in the business side. this band of water affect them really at all you can go to medical and see that today the internet brings the most clients into this business rather than printers resources or t.v. the only ad that really works is the green line you help someone and they in turn bring their family and friends and while it may seem counter intuitive some who claim to have such powers see the provide a valuable service and that a ban on advertising could actually be helpful here's my seem to help people in their family relationships and i do fortune telling depending on their needs most

psychics do the same thing however those who don't know what they're doing and trying to get an attorney to you through other means i believe there should be a set of documents to prove their ability is a point that the duma is trying to push through as well. they could get a diploma or medical certificate undergo a medical commission if each region of russia is to use their particular diplomas which means each dealer can work only in that region in the same way they can be to prove their claim if their treatment does not work just like any other doctor or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas or moscow. well and charlie is now here with the latest from the world of business and shot it looks like there could soon be a big boost in interest when russia hello that's right the government wants to attract seven times more foreign tourists the country and is ready to invest eleven billion dollars today say well have the details later in the program but moving to

our top story the latest developments pay the oil giant has confirmed its top swap decision teddy heywood will be stepping down in october where placed by american robert dudley hayward is said to be joining the b.p.'s russian joint venture. trading places with dudley he was head of the company until two years ago reshuffle comes as being paid post wreck or losses for the second quarter setting aside thirty two billion dollars to clean up the worst oil spill in u.s. history robert dudley will accelerate a program of asset sales to pay the bill. christine to school rain and equity research a standard and poor's in london says dudley has a big task ahead of him. well the first task to begin with this to plug the well that's still not done yet we're still two to three weeks away from that even though the spiel has now been contained it has not been plugged so the first order of things is to get the plug done second is to figure out how the room betterments

like going to be done there is a person in place for the twenty billion fund escrow. deal has to be partitioned out to the different parties and then it's a question of reconstructing and winning back the trust of the american people has a very large operation. take a look at how the markets are doing over in europe shares are advancing with torture by any of us gaining sharply in the banking sector while b.p. has edged journal saying its new c.e.o. at the same time is focusing and has to deal with the developed world. and here most unlucky is also gaining you know the trade yes nearly up one percent leaving the gains are old enough to be off around in two percent respectively so both companies which the russian government proposed selling stakes in. sevastopol is taking a controlling stake in canada's crew gold corp up from forty percent russia's mining

junk the shares in the overflow stock exchange the stars gaining more than one point six percent in the my sex this hour. i mean european bank of reconstruction and development is in talks to buy a ten percent stake in the russian r t a stock market is buying the stake from kit finance a bank which was in the early victim of the financial crisis the reality plans to make the purchase of an undisclosed russian state land the state's estimated to be worth eighteen million dollars it says that aims to improve standards in russia's stock market rising oil prices have boosted russia's budget revenues the state budget took in one hundred twenty two billion dollars from the first half of the year up thirty percent in the same period two thousand and nine the lion's share of presents tax payments of oil and gas production. russia's biggest oil producer rose in a new suit second quarter profits by sixty percent by high oil output and prices its

net income jumped more than two point five billion dollars while crude production gained eight point eight percent off the launch of two new oil fields just one of them the bank or field is capable of providing you with five percent of russia's. losing make or gases shot of factory mission board for a fortnight claiming the record heat of overproduce is sending thousands of workers on paid leave after a month of temperatures topping thirty to three. and in other news russian billionaire albeit very pascoe is in talks to buy discount carrier sky express that's according to com the sun newspaper daily says the airline is now negotiating with terry pascoe's basic element holding company the firm they merge sky express with his own company cuban airlines based in southern russia in turn sky express will get the chance to keep its license by solving its financial problems airline carried more than a million passengers last year but was hit hard by the crisis and finally the

government will spend almost eleven billion dollars develop tourism in the country about a third will come from the federal budget private a non-governmental sources are expected to double the total figure it will be invested in a plan to attract seven times more foreign tourists to russia much update now my colleague stephanie monday will be here next hour to take if you have business the rest of the day in the meantime you can always buy more stories on our website on t. dot com slash business. if

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now the u.s. military is on the hunt for those behind the leak of classified cover ups in afghanistan the wiki leaks whistleblower website has details civilian casualties at the hands of u.s. and allied troops and is promising further revelations. b.p. boss tony hayward is stepping down after carrying the can for the gulf of mexico oil spill and presiding over a seventeen billion dollars loss move to a new role of the joint russian venture it's a job previously held by b.p.'s new man at the top of. the e.u. is new sanctions against iran's nuclear program have been slammed by russia moscow says they fall outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermine common efforts to solve the problem. well next. speaks to us author academic and outspoken palestinian supporter norman finkelstein as he attempts to convince the un of his.